The 1955 Ford is a 2-door sedan (Tudor, Club Sedan) / 2-door business sedan (Tudor) / 4-door sedan (Fordor, Town Sedan) / 2-door hardtop (Victoria) / 2-door hardtop with chrome pillar (Crown Victoria from Ford, built from 1954 to 1956, at the height of the post-war boom. Under the bonnet: 223 .
The background
The 1955 Ford is an automobile which was produced by Ford in the United States for the 1955 model year and, in revised form, for the 1956 model year. A new design would be offered in 1957.
The engineering
Power comes from 223 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 3080-3262 lb. It shifts through a 3-speed manual / 3-speed manual plus overdrive / Ford-O-Matic 3-speed automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 115.5 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the 1952 Ford; its successor was the 1957 Ford; assembly was at Main plant. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Chevrolet Corvette — show what else the money bought that year. Its Ford stablemates include the Ford 021C and the Ford Escort.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the 1955 Ford — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.